Animal bones in Malawi hint at how foragers shared food
Archaeologists working in northern Malawi studied almost 13,000 animal bone fragments from the Hora 1 rock shelter. The bones cover the last 21,000 years of human occupation and suggest food was scarce.
In an article on The Conversation, the archaeologists say most bones came from small animals that people hunted close to the site. Many finger and toe bones had been broken open for marrow. The team links this to cooperation within a group and a limit on how far people ranged. They say they published a paper on the work. The conclusions about social life are interpretation, and they come from one site.